IAAF okays 37 Russians to compete as neutral athletes
Admin l Friday, July 05, 2019
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The IAAF Doping Review Board has approved the application of 37 Russian athletes to compete internationally as neutral athletes.
They were approved having met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as neutral athletes in 2019 under competition Rule 22.1A(b). The Russian national federation (RusAF) however remains suspended.
The application process for athletes seeking neutral status in international competitions in 2019 opened in December 2018. The Doping Review Board received 314 applications in 2019. So far, a total of 117 Russian athletes have been declared eligible to compete as authorised neutral athletes in 2019.
Fourty (40) applications were rejected, while one neutral athlete status has been revoked.
The Doping Review Board is composed of Robert Hersh (chair), Sylvia Barlag and Antti Pihlakoski. The affected Russian athletes are.
International competitions:
Ilya Dolbin (pole vault)
Dmitriy Kachanov (pole vault)
European U20 Championships and European Youth Olympic Festival:
Vladislav Aleksandrin (triple jump)
Natalya Spiridonova (long jump)
European U20 Championships:
Nadezdha Andryukhina (high jump)
Irina Boldyreva (100m hurdles)
Valeria Chehovich (400m hurdles)
Artem Chermoshanskii (long jump)
Sergey Demidov (discus)
Anastasiia Eremiants (800m)
Evgeniy Ermakov (high jump)
Violetta Ignateva (discus)
Evgeniy Karavaev (long jump)
Stepan Kekin (combined events)
Ruslan Kislykh (sprints)
Vladena Komarova (combined events)
Anna Korobova (hammer)
Daria Kushnir (long jump)
Nikita Mateev (400m)
Dmitrii Nikitin (long jump)
Viktor Pintusov (pole vault)
Artem Popov (1500m)
Maria Privalova (triple jump)
Andrey Rodikov (combined events)
Savelli Savlukov (800m)
Irinia Shipitsyna (3000m steeplechase)
Yulia Sokhatskaya (combined events)
Ksenia Trubinova (combined events)
Dmitriy Zyuzin (long distance)
Sergey Zverev (hammer)
European Youth Olympic Festival:
Semen Borodaev (discus)
Viktoria Cherviakova (javelin)
Fedor Ivanov (400m hurdles)
Stepan Rukhov (discus)
Daria Shinkevich (shot put)
Maria Tarabanskaya (400m hurdles)
Olga Topolskova (400m hurdles)
The participation of all these athletes as neutral athletes in international competition is still subject to formalities for eligibility under IAAF Rules being completed and subject to acceptance of their entries by individual meeting organisers, the IAAF said.
2019 authorised neutral athletes
Date of announcement and athlete/event:
17 June 2019 (European U23 Championships and/or World University Games only): Victor Bakharev (1500m), Aleksei Fadeev (high jump), Aleksei Kislitsa (discus), Kristina Klescheva (100m hurdles), Illia Krasnov (400m), Valeria Kuchina (javelin), Andrei Kukharenko (200/400m), Ivan Loginov (400m hurdles), Vladimir Lysenko (400m hurdles), Marina Maksimova (100/200m), Nikolay Orlov (javelin), Tamara Slastnikova (100/200m), Ekaterina Tiurina (400m hurdles), Nikolay Verbitckii (800m)
14 June 2019: Ekaterina Starygina (javelin)
28 March 2019: Elizaveta Kamenets (combined events), Alexander Komarov (combined events), Rail Kutuev (long jump), Liliia Mendaeva (1500/3000m) – European U20 Championships only, Aleksey Shevchuk (race walk)
21 February 2019: Nikita Andriyanov (high jump), Alena Beliakova (discus), Anastasiya Borodulina (hammer), Kirill Chernkhin (sprints), Yana Glotova (400m), Irina Gumeniuk (triple jump), Adelina Khalikova (high jump), Valeriya Khramova/Andreeva (400m), Aleksey Khudyakov (discus), Yevgeniy Korotovskii (hammer), Evgeniy Kunts (1500m), Dmitriy Lopin (sprints), Artem Makarenko (combined events), Mariia Pavlova (combined events), Sergey Polianski (long jump), Natalya Pospelova (hammer), Aleksey Sokirskii (hammer), Elena Sokolova (long jump), Polina Sokolova (discus), Irina Takuntcheva (400m)
21 January 2019: Diana Adasko (triple jump), Maxim Afonin (shot put), Dzhennifer Akiniimika (sprints), Mariia Aglitckaia (100m hurdles), Rinas Akhmadeev (long distance), Elizaveta Bondarenko (pole vault), Oleg Braiko (jumps), Viktor Butenko (discus), Timofey Chalyy (400m hurdles), Danila Danilov (hammer), Alexey Fedorov (triple jump), Aksana Gatauillina (pole vault), Georgiy Gorokhov (pole vault), Illia Ivaniuk (high jump), Maria Kochanova (high jump), Viacheslav Kolesnichenko (sprints), Alexander Komarov (combined events) – European U20 Championships only, Vilena Komarova (combined events), Elena Kulichenko (high jump), Anna Krylova (triple jump), Maria Lasitskene (high jump), Aleksandr Lesnoi (shot put), Denis Lukyanov (hammer), Alena Lutkovskaia (pole vault), Alena Mamina (sprints), Polina Miller (sprints), Vasiliy Mizinov (race walks), Timur Morgunov (pole vault), Ilia Mudrov (pole vault), Olga Mullina (pole vault), Egor Nikolaev (1500m), Sofia Palkina (hammer), Viktoriia Prokopenko (triple jump), Vera Rudakova (400m hurdles), Fedor Shutov (long distance), Illia Skkurenev (combined events), Anastasiia Shkurutova (hammer), Sergey Shubenkov (110m hurdles), Anzhelika Sidorova (pole vault), Olesia Soldatova (400m), Yana Smerdova (race walks), Elizaveta Tsareva (hammer)
